| Summary: | V ton VOLUME XXIX. CONCORDIA COLLEGE, MOORHEAD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1938. NUMBER 19. Arnhild Fjelstad Given Light Opera Feminine Lead Paul Thorson Will Sing Romantic Male Role; Bondy Named In Cast Completing the selection of the cast for the light opera "Pirates of Penz-ance," Miss Clara B. Duea has chosen Arnhild Fjelstad to sing Mabel, the feminc lead, opposite Paul Thorson, who has the romantic male role. Helen Bondy, who was also in the final tryouts, will sing the part of Isabel. The supporting cast includes Wil-liam Branford as the pirate king, Olav Eidbo as his lieutenant, Howard John-shoy as Major General Stanley, Gretel Gosslee and Thelma Dahlstrom as his two daughters, Kate and Edith, Justin Dyrud as Edward, sergeant of police, and Meda West burg as Ruth, a pirate maid. The chorus is composed of 42 voices. Miss Fjelstad, a junior, had the lead-ing woman's role, Yum Yum, in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, '"Hie Mikado," which was presented by the Concordia chorus in April, 1936. She has been a member of the chorus for three years. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Chi literary society. Miss Bondy, also a junior, belongs to Lamb© Delta Sigma. She has been a member of the chorus for three years, has sung in LDS trios and has done solo work. "I feel that with the co-operation of the competent cast and chorus mem-bers," Miss Duea stated, "we will be able to produce an enjoyable bit of entertainment.'7 Rehearsal began yesterday in prep-aration for presentation sometime in April. W. F. Schmidt Named Director Of Lutheran Church Association At the first national convention of the Lutheran Association of America held in Minneapolis Feb. 17, the Rev. W. F. Schmidt of Concordia was named director on the executive board. Other directors are Luther Slatten, Minneapo-lis attorney, and Dr. Silas C. Ander-son, Minneapolis physician. Hie LAA, an outgrowth of years of common counsel among representatives of the various (Lutheran synods, especi-ally in the field of home missions, is a free association of individuals from all Lutheran synods in America. Permanent organization has been ef-fected to further mutual understand-ing, recognition and co-operation among Lutherans in America; also, to provide a forum where all Lutherans, regardless of synodical affiliation, may meet on common ground at regular in-tervals to consider matters of common interest Chapters will be organized: in every state of the union where the Lutheran church is represented. Dr. L. W. Boe, president of St. Olaf college, Northfield, was elected presi-dent; the Rev. Clifford Nelson, St. Paul, vice-president, and Dr. W. P. Christy, Minneapolis, executive secretary. Lectures On Bible The Rev. Odd Gornitzka, who con-tinues his lectures, speaking in Moor-head at Trinity church tonight. 40 Needed To Gain Low LSU Bus Rate $4.50 Round-Trip Fare Available; 19 Cobbers Sign For Convention Trip Only 19 Concordia students have to date signed to attend the LSU conven-tion in Sioux Falls, S. D., March 4-6, according to Orvis Hanson, Religious representative on the Student Forum. If 40 students make the trip, special round-trip bus rates of $4.50 will be available. Students who will attend the con-vention include: Marjorie Teisberg, Harold Brown, Thordis Aas, Martha Thorpe, Sara Dorothy Nordlie, Dorothy Anderson, Helen Robertson, Agnes Herseth, Olav Torvik, Stanley Gunsten, Justin Dyrud, Arnold Jorgenson, Tor-val Torvik, Loren Spaulding, Lloyd Ogren, Eunice Carson, Edna Hehn, El-len Anderson, Glendora Garvik and Borghild Larson. Dennis Anderson and Kermit Pilt-ingsrud will be Concordia's official representatives at the convention. Lloyd Sveen will represent the student body at the press conference to be held March 4. Harold Brown, Concordia senior, will lead an open forum discussion Satur-day morning. Whether a person can live a consistent Christian life in this world is the planned subject. Under-Classmen Enter Annual Speech Contest March 1,3 16 Contestants Represent Freshman, Sophomore Classes In Men's, Women's Events Freshman and sophomore speech contestants will compete in the annual contest at 7:30 p.m. March 1 and 3 in the college auditorium. Prof. W. F. Schmidt is in charge of the contest and Prof. G. H. Aarnes, forensic coach at MSTC, and Mrs. Aarnes will be the critic judges. Each class will be represented by eight contestants, four men and four women, in extempore speaking, humor- QUS dramatic reading, serious dramatic reading and original orations. Participating in men's extempore speaking Tuesday evening will be Loyal Netteland, sophomore, and Har-old Pederson, freshman. Elizabeth Dahlen, freshman, and Carol Zank, sophomore, will take part in women's extempore speaking. Paige Nelson will represent the sophomores in men's hu-morous reading and Alf Stousland, the freshmen. Orations in the women's di-vision will be given by Beulah Fritch, sophomore, and Irene Dawe, freshman. Thursday Theophilus Gebhard, sopho-more, and Clifford Gronneberg, freshman, will be the entrants in men's dramatic reading. Participating in women's dramatic reading will be Hel-en Nelson, sophomore, and Eleanor Pederson, freshman. Harris Christian- Solves Sundet, who will take the part of Sheriff Jenkins in "Who Did It?" Friday night. Mystery Play Previews Given In Chapel Today Previews of "Who Did It?", mystery play to be presented Friday evening by Alpha Psi Omega, were presented in chapel today. The Rev. J. W. John-shoy spoke to the radio audience. Deans' meetings will be held Friday with Prof. G. L. Schoberg presenting a news cast over the air. The Rev. Odd Gornitzka in his ad-dress yesterday said, "We should live in the presence of God in the mirror Mystery Play Friday To Augment Fjelstad Hall Furnishing Fund No &ananas. But son, sophomore, and Hallace Gullick- of His Word that we may be trans-son, freshman, are entering men's ora-tion. Each presentation will be limited to 10 minutes. One of the,, following books will be awarded by the Literary board to the winner in each division: a four volume "Biography of Abraham Lincoln" by Beveridge, "Don Quixote" by Cer-vante with Dore illustrations, "The Smaller England House of Later Re-naissance" by Richardson and Eberlin and "Tapestry, the Mirror of Civiliza-tion" by Ackerman . formed by the power of His Spirit and sanctified through His knowledge." "Tributes to Washington" was the subject of Prof. H. C. Nordlie's address to the radio audience Tuesday. He quoted tributes of various statesmen from Washington's day down to the present time. At Monday's chapel the Rev. Mr. Gornitzkn spoke on 'Tellowship with Christ,1' stating that there U a friend-ship and fellowship with Jesus Christ into which all may enter and be sancti-fied. Rollepuise, Lefse? Ya! Yea, we have no bananas, We have no bananas today. But we have lefse and flatbrffd, We have gjetost and primost, pultost and gammclost, Gaffelbiter and rtfkket lafcs. That will be the refrain members of the Concordia College Women's league will sing on Tuesday, jvhen they serve sm0rgaasbord from 5:30 to 7 p.m, in the parlors of Trinity church. The din-ner, which bids fair to become a tra-ditional enterprise of the league, is given for the benefit of Fjelstad hall. Tables, decorated with candles, Nor-wegian and American flags, will be laden with an imposing assortment of Scandinavian dishes. R0mmegr0t, sometimes known as cream mush, will tempt the discerning palate of many & good Norseman; kj0tballer or meat balls, escalloped potatoes, cold meats such as sylte and r0llepulse, cabbage salad, and herring salad will satisfy the appetites of any nationality. Scan-dinavian cheeses and breads, s0otsuppe or sweet soup, and such Norwegian cakes as krumkake and fattigmand will add the crowning touch to the meal. Sm0rgaasbord is a Scandinavian word which refers to a meal composed of appetizers followed by hot dishes. It is frequently served in Norway, Swed-i en and Denmark and has become popu-lar in this country. Tickets for the sm0rgaasbord are being sold by league cents. members at the price of 50 ANDERSON SPEAKS AT BARNESVILLE Prof. Peter Anderson addressed the Barnesville Parent-Teachers associa-tion Wednesday at 8 p.m. on the sub-ject, "Phases of School and Commun-ity Relationships." Unnoticeable In Student Routine 75O New Books Creep Into Concordia Library J. N. Brown To Leave Sunday On Three Week's Trip To West Coast Pres. J. N. Brown will leave Sun-day night for the west coast where he will speak in the interest of the cen-tennial campaign of the Norwegian Lutheran church of America and v i s i t relatives. Traveling by train he plans to be gone three weeks. He will go first V* Dennis Anderson To Address Mission£Crusaders Sunday Dennis Anderson will apeak on "The Need of the World for Christ," at Mis-sion Crusaders on Sunday morning. The Missionary Digest will be read by Carl Bailey, and the biography of the Rev. Andrew S. Burgess, former missionary to Madagascar, will be given by Belinda Solomonson. Music will be furnished by Melitta Muedeking, marimba, and Mercedes Mlckelson will lead in devotion. \'-.\ Coming Up. Today— 6 p.m.—Omicron Tau Delta dinner. 7:30 pan.—Zeta Sigma Pi. Friday— 6:30 pjn.—International Relations club. 8:15 p.m.—Mystery play. Saturday— 2-5 pjn.—Fjelstad hall open house. 7:30 pjiL—Beatrice Utne piano re-dtaj. 9:30-11 p.m.—Fjelstad hall open house for the college men. , Sunday— 2-5 pJXL—Fjelstad hall open house. 7-10 pjn.—Open house, Tuesday— 5:30-7 pjn. — Women's League Smfrgaasborct Trinity church. 7:30 pan. — Freshman - Sophomore " speech events. fh. .,.•.•,•/.,-., <.' . to Los w h e r e s p e a k meeting southern Angeles he at of will the the Califor-nia circuit of the NLCA. His sub- J. N. Brown ject March 4 will be "Christian Education and the Cen-tennial Campaign of the church." Speaking both Saturday and Sunday mornings he will conclude Sunday eve-ning, March 6, by leading a panel dis-cussion on "Problems of Youth." Going next to Oakland he will speak the evening of March 8 at a rally of central California campaign workers. From there he will go to Patterson, Calif., where he will visit his mother and sister for a week. He will preach at Patterson on March 13. His itinerary also includes San Fran-cisco where he will visit other rela-tives and the parents of Dean Norman Nordstrand, and Parkland, Wash., where he will be a guest of Dr. O. A. Tingelstad, president of Pacific Luth-eran college. He may also attend a meeting of campaign workers at Seat-tle. PROF. NORDLIE ADDRESSES FARGO SCHOOL ON WASHINGTON Prof. H. C. Nordlie gave the convo-cation talk at the Good Samaritan In-stitute for crippled children, Fargo, Tuesday. Using as his subject, "Wash-ington Memorials," he gav» a travslaf which included descriptions of Mount Vernon, Valley Forge, the Washington Monument, Boston and other places. By MARGARET NELSON Some 750 books have made their way into the Concordia college library since last September. The appearance has been almost unnoticeable in the routine which we as students take almost for granted. Now and then we stop to gaze at the book jackets tacked on the ulletin board or stop to examine the new arrivals found on the "new book shelf' at the desk. Otherwise we have but a slight idea as to the growth of this library which offers so many ad-antages. Gift volumes have played a part in this growth. Of the 750 new books, approximately 190 are gifts to the libra-ry. Congressman R, T. Buckler of rookston has contributed the largest number to the library. Among the 100 books secured by Congressman Buckler, we find a completed set of the "Con-gressional Record" through the first session of the seventy-fifth Congress; "The Federal Register," a recent two volume publication; 'Statistical Ab-stracts" of the U. S. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, and several other documents of government bu-reaus. Mr. Buckler has shown much interest in the library and has done much to ob-tain government publications which would be of value to the Concordia col-lege library. In some cases, having been unable to obtain the desired publica-tions, he has contributed them from his personal library. Members of the faculty, Prof, T. O. Burgess, Prof. G. L. Schoberg, Dean Frida Nilsen, Pr«. J. N. Brown and others, presented many of the re-maining books contributed. A number of the books were from the library of J. M. O. Ness, who was for many years a member of the board of directors of Concordia. H. L. Menken 'contributed a complimentary copy of "Southern Album," which was written by his wife; a contribution was mode by Edward Ulene, the noted economist; '"Hie Hoover Policies" was given to the library by its author, Pres. R. L. Wilbur of Leland Stanford uni-versity, and the Rev. W. P. Gerberdlng, pastor of St. Mark's Lutheran church in Ifcrgo, contributed "The Lives and Letters of W. A. Passavant" by his father, the Rev. G. H. Gerberding. Many of the purchases are outstand-ing books which the library has been able to get at greatly reduced prices from l&iglish and American remainder dealers, retailers who buy publishers overstock. Or, as In the case of the sale at the University of Chicago Press, books were purchased at one-half to one-tenth their original selling price. These books are older but valuable and useful ones, such as: "Old Norse Sagas" by Koht; "Ben Jonson" by Palmer; "Business Life of Ancient Athens" by Calhoun; "Wordsworth" by Read, and many others. Newly published books added are: "Tyranny of Words" by Chase; "Thir-teen O'clock" by Benet; "A World His-ory of Art" by Cheney; "The Nile" by Ludwig; "The Citadel" by Cronin; "The Northwest Passage" by Roberts; "Ships in the Sky" by Gimnersson and "An Actor Named Moliere" by Dussane. Volumes also have been added with the purpose of enlarging the art and music collections, Ernest Espelie, librarian, states, "The enlarging of the library's reference col-lection, foreign, encyclopedias and spe-cial subject fields has been made a definite purpose." At the beginning of this year 10 new periodicals were added, bringing the list of periodicals up to 170. Canadians Present Something 'New' In Debating Coming from a country which by their own admission is "wild and wooly," the Canadian debate duo which met Concordia Tuesday gave their American audience something new in debating. Completely disregarding consonants and time cards, A. Murray Smith and William B. Ayre pronounced only the necessary vowels and materially ex-ceeded their 10 minute time allotments. Used to the harsh and brittle sounds of the Americanized English language, the audience enjoyed the easy elision which characterized Canadian speak-ing. But, it was the clever application of anecdote which made a game out of the usual hard work of debating. It is hard to remember how the fol-lowing dity applied to the question, but it sounded logical at the time. "Mary had a little watch. She swallowed it; 'tis gone. Now every time she takes a walk, Time marches on." Repartee, however, was not one-sid-ed. After the first constructive speech of the men of the Maple Leaf, half of which consisted of Irrelevant though highly entertaining recitations, it was conceded that Mr. Smith should have been Mr. Ayre, judging from speaking rapidity. Incidentally, the question discussed was, Resolved: That moral progres de-pends more largely on the reformation of the individual than on the recon-struction of society. Sveen, Unable To Appear, Is Replaced By Gebhard As Deputy Carson Fjelstad hall will benefit from Who Did It?", a three-act mys-tery play which will be presented by the Alpha Alpha cast of Al-pha Psi Omega Friday at 8:15 p. m. in the college auditorium. Proceeds from the play will be added to the furnishing fund for the new dormitory. Lloyd Sveen, who had the part - of Deputy Carson, has been con-fined to the college hospital and will be unable to appear in the play. Tuesday Theophilus Gebhard was selected to ploy Deputy Carson. Action evolves when Elton Williams, played by Harold Thornby, appears alive and well at the reading of his will. Later Sheriff Jenkins, Sherman Sun-det, arrives to find Williams shot. Sus-picion falls on the seven persons in he room as Jenkins solves the ap-parently perfect crime. Harold Brown has the role of Horace Kemp, Williams* cousin; Lu Verne Steinolfson, will be Gertrude Kemp, the wife of Horace Kemp; Loren Spaulding will play John, the butler; Mildred Swanson is Alice Stevens, ward of Williams. Completing the cast are Sylvia Sy-vertson as Hattie Williams, the sister- -Iawr Gebhard, Deputy Carson; George Braseth, Dawson, Williams' chauffeur; Agnes Herseth, Mrs. Bent, Williams* former housekeeper, and Ku-nice Carson, Mrs. Rand, Williams' present housekeeper. The production staff includes Otto Lutness, business manager; Norria - Nereson, stage manager, and Theophilus ebhard, student director. Mrs. Nor-ma Gooden Ostby is directing the play. Tickets are on sale in the three dor-mitories for 35 cents. Seats may still be reserved at the college bookstore. Sacred, Secular Songs Will Be Presented On Music Broadcast Secular and sacred numbers will be presented by Concordia musical group* on the Concordia Music hour over WDAY, Fargo, Sunday at 10:30 pjn. A men's quartet, Erling Lian, Obert Salveson, Robert Borstad and James Horton will sing six numbers. They are "Now Let Every Tongue " by Bach; "A Prayer" by Protheroe and "Te Deum *f from "Finlandia " by Sibelius, and three negro spirituals, "Ain't Gwin Study War No More," "I've Been Listening** and "Humble." Ernest Harris will play a piano num-ber, "Praeludium," by MacDowell. Concluding the program will be a group of'selections by a women's trio, Mildred Nelson, Gladys Borstad and Affie Highland. Included are "On Wings of Song'' by Mendelssohn; '"Hie Blue Swan" by Mueller, "Japanese Lullaby" by Nordlander, "Songs My Mother Taught Me" by Dvorak, and "Come Unto Me " by Tschaikowsky. for the 'Accommodating Nels1 Is Refuge For Campus Trouble "Always accommodating Nek" would be a fitting name for Nels Mugaaa, Con-cordia's ever helpful and willing man-about- the-campus. A popular figure at Concordia, this stocky, jovial man is a refuge for troubles, mental and physical alike, for students and department heads. "Even though many a day U trying," says Nela, "work Is enjoyable as long as Vm feeling well." His first year of service at Concor-dia, 1929, waa spent In the college kitchen, then supervised by the late Helga ^jelstad. Since then he has worked four yean under Miss BIgrid Engen, college matron, three years a* janitor of Men's dorm and is the present superintendent of college grounds. Mugaas was born in Voss, Norway, some 60 odd years ago. At 20 he emi-grated to America, coming directly to Fertile. He has served as general manager of the Wild Rice Children's home at Twin Valley 24 years and has worked near Grand Forks, N. D., for some time. Coming to ConcordJa directly from the children's home, Nels has been par-ticularly disappointed In the childish pranks and habits of "mature" college students. Second to his official college duties comes Nels* p: a Ford V-8. in the ownership of NLCA Launches Drive For $1,400,000 Fund Having a three-fold objective which it will rajse $1,400,000, Norwegian Lutheran Church of Ameri-ca has begun a centennial campaign which will be substantially completed by June 14. The purpose, which was explained to 400 representatives from all sections of the church who met in Minneapolis in January, includes the payment of the direct indebtedness of the church body; the erection of a library at th« Luther Theological seminary and an increase In the pension fund for needy pastors. Dr. J. N. Brown Is a member of the general workers* committee of the cen-tennial campaign. Gunsten, Zank, Lutness To Introduce League Theme Introducing the semester's theme, "The Fruits of the Spirit," Stanley Gunsten, Carol Zank and Otto Lutaesa will speak at Luther league Sunday evening. Musical numbers will be a vocal solo by William Branford and a cornet solo by Harris Lien. Judith Njaa will be devotional leader and Dorothy Brick-* son, organist
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